Wiregrass Elementary School: Lost Toys

Wiregrass Elementary School: Lost Toys is a 2019 American action-comedy film based on Wiregrass Elementary School. The film is a sequel to the 2020's Wiregrass Elementary School: The Movie and is in the Wiregrass Elementary movie trilogy. Ipock and Williams return to reprise their roles from the film as themselves respectively, with new voices such as Charlotte Carter, Seth Meyers, Carla White, and Jackie Presti respectively.

The film had its premiere on April 27, 2019 in the UK and was released on May 12, 2019, by WTSP Films. It was also released on July 1, 2019 in Singapore, by Mediacorp Pte Ltd. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $7 million worldwide. A sequel, titled Holiday Resort, was released on January 13, 2020.

Plot
Jason Martin (Seth Newton) is a detective that works in England with the others. One day, he gets a plan where he goals to steal a large magnet from a workplace and suck up childrens' toys from Wesley Chapel into the magnet. He successfully manages to do it a day later.

In the Wiregrass Elementary playground, a bunch of children are playing with their toys until a large magnet comes and sucks up the toys from everyone including shops, causing the children to chase after the magnet from the playground to the beach, but they fail miserably. The next day, Erin Ipock and her cat Bailey are watching a childrens' show with Sarah McLachlan singing about animals on a farm until an ABC Action News breaking news report comes on where two policemen (London Andrews and John Murphy) report about a mysterious person stealing toys with a magnet. They also say that they will recruit Mr. Williams and the Wiregrass Elementary children to track down the toys. After the ABC Action News report, Tim Hamlin drives his children, along with other families from Pasco County to the Wiregrass Elementary building to see Mr. Williams and the policemen.

Ipock, Hamlin, and the policemen tell all the children about a mysterious person stealing toys from their homeland with a magnet. The children then follow Ms. Ipock, Mr. Williams, Ms. Nellany, Ms. Andrews, and Mr. Hamlin to the bus with Policemen Andrews & Murphy coming along in Ms. Ipock's bus. This causes the parents & other citizens of the town to come & see the 5 driving with the children, along with Policemen Andrews & Murphy coming along to track down the toys.

Meanwhile, in England, Mr. Martin is in his house seeing all the stolen toys that he put into a cage. This makes him saying that no one is allowed to steal the toys whenever he's gone. He then goes out of his house and into his car.

Ipock, Williams, Nellany, Andrews, Hamlin, the children, & Policemen Andrews & Murphy finally manage to get to England to find Mr. Martin's house and get back the missing toys, but their engines go low and crash into the ground safely. A tow truck then comes and picks up the said citizens to get their oil back at a gas station in town. After hovering up to the ground, they get back to flying and tracking down Mr. Martin's house.

Ms. Aponte tells Mr. Hamlin that she spotted Mr. Martin's house, which also has a ladder that can go up and climb into any window. They finally land at Mr. Martin's house and use the ladder to climb up into his bedroom.

Mr. Hamlin & the children successfully manage to find the cage, and get off the ladder from his window, but Mr. Martin fins this out and catches back the trio in his magnet. The guys travel through England while being caught by Mr. Martin, saying that he saw the said people on one of the survilleance cameras. The oil in Ms. Andrews' bus runs out, but they are rescued by the police in a net and stop in the middle of the England square. The police then see Mr. Martin in his large magnet and he gets out of it. After a speech from the trio, he is arrested & taken to jail.

The 5 get back home to the US of A, and they see the childrens' parents and the citizens noticing the childrens' toys in Ipock, Williams, Nellany, Andrews, and Hamlin's buses' windows. They land safely down and talk to the citizens about the story of the stolen toys. A few days later, the children & Ipock put back all the toys into the shops and into their homes, and the policemen go back to their station. A day later at night, Ipock's children (minus Bailey) then go into their beds and sleep with their toys.

In a mid-credits scene, Mr. Martin is still in jail and asking the viewer to get him out.

Cast

 * Steven Williams as himself


 * Erin Ipock as herself


 * Kelly Nellany as herself


 * Rachel Andrews as herself


 * Tim Hamlin as himself


 * Seth Newton as Mr. Martin, the person who steals childrens' toys and also the main antagonist of the film.
 * London Andrews & John Murphy as themselves, the members of a police station who both track down Mr. Martin.
 * Charlotte Carter as herself
 * Seth Meyers as Jack
 * Jackie Presti as Woman #1
 * Carla White as Woman #2
 * John Morris as Man #1
 * RB Mayer as Man #2
 * Mike Toews as Man #3
 * Mark Bryant as Chris
 * James Baker as Stephen
 * David Singer as Mario
 * Victor Ball as Todd
 * Laura Hall Bryant as Alice
 * Stella Stiller as the State of Maryland, a US state who helps track down toys with the others.
 * James Ride as Tyler
 * Ed Savage as Matt

The children's mommies and daddies and a lot of citizens appear near the end of the film.

Production
Following the release of Wiregrass Elementary School: The Movie in 2020, Dan Price and Jerry Oldham announced a sequel set for release on April 17, 2019, and that they would return to direct and write the sequel, with Seth Ryan and Jef Murphy producing. Julian Knorr, editor of KISSdell 2, was replaced with John Tyler (not the president of the United States) due to Murphy working on other projects.

On March 7, 2019, Universal revealed the title of the sequel as Wiregrass Elementary School: The Weekend of Kills, and it was also announced that Erin Ipock would return to play herself, with David Alan Grier, Jeff Davidson, and Thomas James signing on to reprise their roles as John, Murray, and Clark respectively.

On March 9, 2019, it was announced that Charlotte Carter would play herself, replacing Erin Ipock's grandparents due to her grandparents getting older, and the same went for other actors for the children. In addition to Ipock's grandparents, Laura Hall Bryant was revealed to be the voice of Alice, a child of the school.

On March 17, 2019, the film was retitled as Wiregrass Elementary School: Lost Toys, and it was also announced that James Ride & Ed Savage's characters would have a minor appearance in the film, instead of being one of the main characters. Also that day, it was announced that the film would be moved up to May 12, 2019, and was released that day.

Video game
A game based on a sequel was published by Activision, which also developed the film's game.

Box office
Wiregrass Elementary School: Lost Toys opened on May 12, 2019, alongside UglyDolls and Booksmart.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 50% based on 115 reviews.

Sequel
A sequel, titled Wiregrass Elementary School: Holiday Resort, was released on January 13, 2020.

Info
Directors: John Rodgers

Writers: James Howard and Dan Price

Producers: Jake Clark

Editors: Don Cubbitt-Brandy

Music: Kevin MacLeod

Running time: 100 minutes

Rating: G